DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?

by Philip K. Dick (1968)

A terrible war has left Earth in a desperate state. Ruins and ‘kipple’ are everywhere. Many of the survivors have fled to a colony on Mars. Others, like Rick Deckard, remain behind on Earth. Rick works as a bounty hunter who pursues androids for a living. Once subservient robots, these androids have developed human-like qualities and now wish to live freely amongst the humans. But the humans in power will not let them do this. Rather, these androids are to be ‘retired.’ And that’s where Rick Deckard comes into the picture. His newest contract calls for the retirement of six Nexus-6 androids that are presumed to be roaming around the city. As Rick’s job unfolds, he begins to question the rationale for retiring these seemingly harmless robots. But are these androids really harmless? In a time of expanding artificial intelligence, robotic industrialisation, and spaceflights to Mars, this book is required reading. Fiction. 193 pages.

Cover of the science fiction novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick, featuring a futuristic cityscape with a female android figure in the foreground.